Affection in Marriage

Exodus 4:1-31 (24) “And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.”

Numbers 12:1-15 “. . . and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.”

Judges 6:1-16 “And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.”

25-34 “. . . the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it. . . .”

A Little History

Genesis 2:18 “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”

Titus 2:1-5 Teach the young women “. . . to love their husbands, to love their children, to be . . . keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”

1st Corinthians 7:1-5 “The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one the other . . . that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.”

v. 7 “husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge. . . as unto the weaker vessel. . . .”

Λ 1st John 4:20 [Changed slightly:] “If a woman say, I obey God, and hateth her husband, she is a liar: for she that obeyeth not her husband whom she hath seen, how can she obey God whom she hath not seen?”